The History of Medicine

HeLa Cells

1951 BCE

Is a type of cell im am immortal cell lime used in scientific research.. The line was derived from cervical cancer cells taken on February 8, 1951 from Henrietta lacks, a patient who died of her cancer on October 4, 1951

Gertrude Elion

1918 BCE

Patented a leukemia-fighing drug.

Wihelm conard roentgen

1895 BCE

Discovers x- rays, Wilhelm was already working on the effects of cathode rays during 1855, before he actually discovered x-rays.

Emil Von Behring

1890 BCE

Discovers antitoxins and develops tetanus and diphtheria vaccines.

Louis Pasteur

1857 BCE

Identifies germs as cause of disease Pasteurs academic positions were numerous,and his scientific accomplishment earned him Frances highest decoration, the legion of Honour.

Elizabeth Blackwell

1849 BCE

Is the first women to gain a medical degree from geneva medical college in New York. First women to receive a medical degree in the United States.

Ignaz Semmelweis

1847 BCE

Discovers how to prevent the transmission of puerperal fever. Could be drastically reduced by appropriate hand washing by medical care-givers. He made this discovery in 1847 while working in the maternity department.

WILLIAM MORTAN

1846 BCE

A dentist, is the first to publish the process of using anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide.

Dr.Horace Wells

1844 BCE

Uses nitrous oxide as an anesthetic

Crawford W. Long

1842 BCE

Uses ether as a general anesthetic. He was an american surgeon and pharmacist best known for his first use of inhaled sulfuric ether as an anesthetic.

James Blundell

1818 BCE

Performs the first successful transfusion of human blood

Rene Laenner

1816 BCE

Invented the stethoscope in 1816, while working at the hospital necker and pioneered its use in diagnosing various chest conditions.

S.Humphry Dovy

1800 BCE

Discovers the anesthetic of nitrous oxide. He was apprenticed to a surgeon and aged 19 went to bristal to study science. There he investigated gases

Edward Jenner

1796 BCE

Develops the process of vaccination for smallpox the first vaccine for any disease.

Cladius Aymand

1763 BCE

Performs the first successful appendectomy.

Giacomo Pylarini

1701 BCE

Gives the first small pox inoculation in Europe and it was a success.

Girolamo Fabrial

1700 BCE

Studies leg veins and noticies that they have valves which allow blood to flow only toward the heart.

Anton Van

1670 BCE

Discovers blood cells using hand crafted microscopes, Anton von leeuwenhoek was the first person to observe and describe single celled organisms, which he originally referred to as animalcules (which we now refer to as microorganisms)

William Clowes

1604 BCE

He was an early english surgeon. He was a barber surgeon. 12-18 years old he was an apprentice surgeon. By the time he was 25 he was present to masters.

Hippocrates

460 BCE

The Greek father of medicine, formed the first ever asprin. Hippocrates is considered "The Father Of Medicine"

Herodotus

425 BCE

Tells Egyptian doctors were specialists medicine is practiced among them on a plan of separation, each physician treats a single disorder and no more. thus the country swarms with medical practitioners, some under taking to cure diseases of the eye, other intestines.

Diucles

300 BCE

Wrote the first known anatomy book, a resident of athens, Diocese was the first to write medical treaties in greek rather than in the lonic greek customarily.

Herophilus

280 BCE

Studies the nervous system. Was a Greek physician deemed to be the first anatomist. He rendered careful accounts of the eye,liver,salivary,glands,pancreas, and genital organs of both sexes.

Galen

130 BCE

Greek physician, he was a surgeon. He was the greatests physician of Ancient Rome.

Caelius Aurelianus

88 BCE

A doctor from sick venerial wrote handbook on "acute and chronic diseases in latin"

Avicenna

1010

Writes the book of Healing and the canon of medicine, the canon of medicine is an encyclopedia of medicine in five books, compiles by persian philosopher Avicenna and completed in 1025.

Roger Bacon

1249

Invents spectacles, he placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empiricism

Critobulus of cos

1400

Extracts an arrow from the eye of phllp 11, treating the loss of the eyeball without causing facial disfigurement.

Leonardo de Vinci

1489

Dissects corpes, Leonardo first became interested in anatomic are when he was asked by a veronese anatomist named ave Antonia Dellc torre to do the illustration for a text of anatomy.

William Harvey

1628

Publishes an anatomical study of the motion of the heart and of the blood in animals which forms the basis for future research on blood vessels, arteries and the heart.